Bossa Nova Jazz

Bossa Nova, meaning literally "New Trend" in Portuguese, is a style of Brazilian music. Bossa nova acquired a large following in the 1960s. Since its birth, the Bossa Nova movement contributed with its style and a number of songs to the standard Jazz repertoire. This Jazz sub-genre is listed here separately from the Latin sub-genre of Bossa Nova because of the substantial Jazz techniques and improvisational methods that can be found in this music, differentiating it from its Latin counterpart.